HAEMOPROTEIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Haemoproteidae mean? 

• HAEMOPROTEIDAE (noun)
  The noun HAEMOPROTEIDAE has 1 sense:

1. bird parasites

  Familiarity information: HAEMOPROTEIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAEMOPROTEIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bird parasites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Haemoproteidae; Haemoproteidae

Hypernyms ("Haemoproteidae" is a kind of...):

protoctist family (any of the families of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "Haemoproteidae"):

haemoproteid (related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds)

genus Haemoproteus; Haemoproteus (type genus of the family Haemoproteidae)

genus Leucocytozoan; genus Leucocytozoon (a genus of protoctist)

Holonyms ("Haemoproteidae" is a member of...):

Haemosporidia; order Haemosporidia (an order in the subclass Telosporidia)